Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 7.djvu/219

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TREATY WITH THE WEAS. l820. 209 Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of the following witnesses: Pascal Cerre, Secretary to the Commissioners. Jacques Mette, Interpreter. Jn. Ruland, Sub Agent. Th. Estes, Geo. Y. Bright, J. Brand, Mal. Detandebarat, Gabriel G. Chouteau, Henry P. Chouteau, Felix St. Vrain, G. P. Cerre, F. Simon, Peter Didier, T. Goddard, Gl. Paul, R. Paul, CoL Mi. Mia, Tho. T. Loury, T. B. Mathurin, P. Provencbere. To the Indian names are subioined marks.

A T R E A T Y Made and concluded by Benjamin Parke, a Commissioner for Aug. 11, 1820· zhat purpose on the part of the United States, of the one part ; ?—T·—T— and the Chiefs, Wawdors, and Head .7lIen, of the Wea tribe _;a:>§,8i]§Zi°?°' ry' Indians, of the other part. Ama 1. The Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men, of the said Tribe, (3mi,,,, by the agree to cede, and they do hereby cede and relinquish, to the United Wwe States all the lands reserved by the second article of the Treaty between Ante] P‘ 186· the United States and the said Tribe, concluded at Saint Mary’s, on the second day of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen. ART. 2. The sum of five thousand dollars, in money and goods, $5000, in mr,- which is now paid and delivered by the United States, the receipt P8}; Td S°i9dS. whereof the Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men, of the said Tribe do T “ sms ‘i°' . . . > _ non to the tribe. hereby acknowledge, is considered by the parties a full compensation for the cession and relinquishment above mentioned. Am-. 3. As it is contemplated by the said Tribe, to remove from the Amwify iq be Wabash, it is agreed, that the annuity secured to the Weas, by the h°"af'°r Wd . , . . ut Kaskaskia, Treaty of Saint Mary s, above mentioned, shall hereafter be paid to them at Kaskaskia, in the state of Illinois. Am-. 4, This Treaty, as soon asit is ratified by the President and Treaty binding Senate of the United States, to be binding on the contracting parties. when ratified- In testimony whereof, the said Benjamin Parke, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the said Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men, of the said Tribe, have hereunto set their hands, at Vincennes, this eleventh day of August, eighteen hundred and twenty. B. PARKE. Maquakononga, or Negro Legs, Cheholcah, the Dipper, Cbequiat, or Little Eyes, Ceholesehaquah, Bullet Mould, Me Tacoshia, the Frenchman, Samaquah, Yellow Beaver, Gu Ta Shemi Tai, or Thunder, Chasahwaha, or Ride, Kenacosah Ta, or Long Body, Go To paquah, or the Lone Tree, Wapou Kean, or Swan, Chikousah, or Mink, Laushepate Ta, or Two Teeth, Teche Pa Low, or Shirt, Meahanet, the Lean Man, Pa Lon Swa, Francis. In presence of John Law, Secretary to the Commissioner. William Prince, Indian Agent. Nathl. Ewing. W. E. Breading. E. Boudinot. Pr. Laplante. Michel Brouillet, United States’ Interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined marks. 27 s 2